230_Football or Polo

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Football or Polo[^1]

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across[^3] the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing[^4][^5] on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to[^6] look at the children, but there weren't[^7] any in sight[^2]: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

[^1]: polo n 水球 马球 [^2]: in sight 可以看到 | 反义词 out of sight [^3]: cut through 穿过 [^4]: row 划船 [^5]: there be sb. doing sth : 这里有人做某事 [^6]: turn to 转向 [^7]: there be sth 某地有某物 | have 某人有某物 [^8]:

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语言点： so...that...

He is so tired that he can't stand up.

连一起的 so that : 目的

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扩展

• foul 犯规
• penalty 惩罚，点球